Apparel garment



Decm 27, 1927. 1,654,264 w, Kops l APPAREL GARMENT l Filed Jan. 23, 19262 Sheets-Sheet 2 ltlatented Dec. 27, i927.

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lily present invention relates to an apparel garment and moreparticularly to a combined corset and vbrassire garment of the typeadapted to yieldingly tit the body and in which devices are employed forcontrolling the position of and providing support for the diaphragm ofthewearer. 'llo this end in carrying out the invention the garment isprovided with yielding members l@ of suitable elastic material toprovide for the yielding effect, and a diaphragm controlling strap alsoprovided with parts of yielding material and underlying the outer partsof the garment so as to yieldingly support lll-il and control thediaphragm independently of the outer parts of the garment, as will bemore particularly hereinafter describcd.

ln the drawing Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the use ofthe garment made in accordance with this, invention..

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the garment, and l Fig. 3 is a planshowing the parts of the garment in an extended position.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that in carrying out theinvention the garment preferably comprises a front member, a backmember, side members havingpor- .tions thereof made of yieldingmaterial, and a diaphragm strap which also includes mem bers of yieldingmaterial and extends from the edges of the back member so as to underliethe side members and the front member. As illustrated, the front membercomprises a central section l() and lateral sections 1l and l2. Theupper portion of the front member may be made of a suitable lace ornetwork material l'which is connected to the upper edge portions of thesections of the'front member by reinforcing tapes 14e, l5 which crosseach other at the upper central portion 16 of the central section andeX- tend to the upper edge of the garment. This lace section'l alsopreferably extends below to the upper edges of the other sections of thefront member' cured thereto by suitable lines of stitching, the loweredge of the lace member being indicated atV 17.- The central section ofthe front member is connected to the lateral sections thereof bysuitable reinforcing strips t8 and 19 and the necessary lines ofstitching or otherwise.

The back member also preferably comprises a central section 20 andlateral Sectti and may be se? tions 2l and 22 These are connected to oneanother by reinforcing strips 23 and 2l and the necessary lines ofstitching, and also as indicated, may be provided with. suitable staysor reinforcing members. lEach side member preferably includes an uppersection of inelastic material and a lower section of elastic material.llhe right hand side member consequently includes an upper section, 25of inelastic material and a lower section 26 of elastic material.. lnlike manner, the left hand side member comprises an upper section 27 ofinelastic material and a lower section 28 of elastic material. |llhesection 1l of the front member is provided with a reinforcing strip 29to which in suitable spaced positions is secured a series of hooks 30.`Similarly the edge of the left hand side'member is provided with areinforcing strip 3l in which in positions corresponding to the spacedpositions of the hooks 30 there is secured a series of eyes 32 each oneof which is adapted to be engaged by one of the hooks 30.

*The garment also includes a diaphragm strap. This preferably comprisesa front section 33 which may be fitted with suitable stays B/l andlateral sections 35 and 36. This diaphragm strap also includes sectionsof yielding material 37 and 38. This diaphragm strap is divided betweenthe front section 33 and the lateral section 36. The free edge of thefront section 33 is provided with a reinforcing strip 39 having a seriesof spaced hooks 40 secured thereto, and the free edge of the lateralsection 36 is also provided with a reinforcing strip 4l in which' thereis a. corresponding series of eyes 42 each adapted to be engaged by oneof the hooks 40. The front section 83 of the diaphragm strap isconnected to the adjacent edge of the lateral section 35 by a suitablereinforcing tape and suitable stitches as indicated at 43. The oppositeedge of the lateral section 35 of the diaphragm strap is connected tothe adjacentj edge of the yielding section 37 bye suitable reinforcingtape and lines of stitching 44. The opposite edge of the yieldingsection 37 is connected to the lateral section 2l of the baclr memberand to the right hand side member by a suitable line of stitching ll5which also connects the parts of these members to one another. In asimilar manner one edge of the lateral section 36m? the diaphragm strapis connected dll to the adjacent edge of the yielding section -38 by asuitable reinforcing tape and a line inclined upwardly to generallyconform tov the upper edges of the central and lateral sections of thefront member, these terminating in a central point 48 which in use `liesapproximately beneath the point 16 in the upper central edge of thesections of the front member.

The garment may be provided with suitable shoulder straps 49 and 50.vThe front ends of these `shoulder straps are connected to the u peredge of the front member at the-terminations of the reinforcing tapes 14and 15. As illustrated, the garment is also provided with straps 51 and52 which at corresponding ends are suitably secured to the upper centralportion 48 of the diaphragm strap. and at their oppositeends to theupper edge of the frontmember of the garment at the same points at whichthe shoulder straps 49 and 50 are connected thereto.

The garment may also be fitted withl suit- `able hose supporters. Asillustrated, the hose supporters 53 .and 54 are secured to the loweredge of the front member While hose supporters 55, 56, 57 and 58 aresuitably spaced and secured to ,the lower edge of the` back member.

It will now be understood that the garment hereinbefore described is onewhich is open` at the side thereof and that the diaphragm strap is alsoopen on the corresponding side but not in the same line in which theouter members of the garment are opened and connected to each other. Itwill also be understood that lthe upper ends of the elastic sections 37and 38 of the diaphragm` strap extend' appreciably above the elasticsections 26 and 28 of the side members and that the adjoining edgesofthe sections of the side members taper upwardly from the back memberlto 'the front member, whereby there is a varying yielding effectproduced in the use of the diaphragm l member to support and' controlthe diaphragm of the wearer. It will also be obvious that the upperportion of the front section of the garment is constructed to conform tothe busts of the wearer and that Ithe diaphragm straps 51 and 52 areemployed to maintain or assist in maintaining the central section of thediaphragm strap in its desired adjusted position.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a garment of the type described, a front member, a back member,side members each comprising an upper inelastic section anda lowerelastic section, means for connecting the side members to secure thcgarment in position on the body of the wearer, a diaphragm strap havingelastic strips at the extremities thereof and which is connected to andextends from one side to the other side of the back member and isconnected thereto in such positions that the upper portions of theelastic strips in the diaphrgam strap underlie the lower portions of theinelastic sections of the side members and the lower portions of theelastic strips of the diaphragm strap underlie the upper portions of thevelastic sections of the .side members, and means for connecting thediaphragm strap in place on the body of the wearer.

2. In a garment of the type described, a front member, a back member,side members connected to and extending from the edges of thel backmember and each comprising an upper section of inelastic material and alower section of elastic material, the lower edge of the upper sectionof each side member being connected to the upper edge of the elasticsection thereof and extending upwardly from the edge of the back member,means for connecting the side members to secure the garment in positionon the body of the wearer, a diaphragm strap, elastic strips at the endsof the diaphragm strap, the said elastic strips being connected totheedges of the back member in such" positions that the upper portionsthereof underlie the lower portions of the upper inelastic sections ofthe side members and the lower portions thereof underlie the upperportions of the elastic sections of the side members, and means forconnecting the diaphragm strap in'position on the body of the wearer.

Signed by me this 28th day of December,

WALDEMAR KOPS.

